Departmental Private Finance Initiative

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the  (a) value and  (b) start date was of each private finance initiative project approved by her Department in each of the last three financial years.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The capital value and start date for every signed PFI project are recorded centrally on the Treasury website at:
	http://www.hmtreasury.gov.uk/documents/public_private_partnerships/ppp_pfi_stats.cfm
	Treasury's information was last updated in October 2007. Norfolk county council's street lighting project subsequently reached financial close in November 2007. The following table summarises the relevant information from Treasury's website with the addition of the Norfolk street lighting project:
	
		
			  Financial year (1 April to 31 March each year)  Commissioning body  Project name  Date of financial close (mm/yyyy)  Total capital value (£ million) 
			 2005-06 Transport for London DLR Woolwich Extension May 2005 177.00 
			  London Borough of Ealing Street Lighting July 2005 31.92 
			  Highways Agency NRTS September 2005 287.40 
			  London Borough of Lambeth Lambeth Street Lighting November 2005 17.22 
			  South Tyneside MBC Street Lighting December 2005 31.50 
			  Highways Agency A1 (M) Alconbury to Peterborough February 2006 128.00 
			  London Borough of Enfield Street Lighting March 2006 23.70 
			  London Borough of Barnet Barnet Lighting Services March 2006 27.77 
			  
			 2006-07 Leeds City Council Street Lighting April 2006 94.60 
			  Dorset County Council Dorset Street Lighting October 2006 43.07 
			  
			 2007-08 Derby City Council Derby Street Lighting PFI April 2007 38.43 
			  Norfolk Street Lighting PFI November 2007 41.58 
			  Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Street Lighting PFI August 2007 20.89